At 18:35 11/03/98 -0500, Doris Fang wrote:
<BIG snip about magazine review>
> We tend to forget that zooms involve many serious compromises. What
>bothered me the most about that OM 35-70/3.5-4.8 was the fall-off. Too
>much for use with slide film, and it persisted until f/16 (!!!!) @ 35mm,
>f/11 @ 50mm, and f/8 @ 70mm. Ouch.
Excuse me being dense, but to what do you refer? I have no experience with
zoom lenses at all, but guess that you mean the reduction in light
transmission as the magnification is changed?
> I can't believe companies don't offer a
>corrective filter for lenses like this one. It'd be worth it.
How would that work?
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